English-Thai Dictionary

tetchy

ADJ โกรธ ง่าย  ใจร้อน  koed-ngai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TETCHY

TETCHY Tetch "y, a.

 

Defn: See Techy. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tetchy

tetch y |ˈteCHē ˈtɛtʃi |(also techy ) ▶adjective bad-tempered and irritable. DERIVATIVES tetch i ly |ˈteCHəlē |adverb, tetch i ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably from a variant of Scots tache ‘blotch, fault, ’ from Old French teche .

 

Oxford Dictionary

tetchy

tetchy |ˈtɛtʃi | ▶adjective ( tetchier, tetchiest ) irritable and bad-tempered. DERIVATIVES tetchily adverb, tetchiness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably from a variant of Scots tache ‘blotch, fault ’, from Old French teche .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tetchy

tetchy adjective See testy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tetchy

tetchy adjective he can be very tetchy first thing in the morning: irritable, irascible, peevish, crotchety, cantankerous, cross, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, testy, peppery, impatient, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, touchy, scratchy, volatile, crusty, dyspeptic, splenetic, liverish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, choleric; informal snappish, snappy, chippy, grouchy, cranky, on a short fuse; Brit. informal shirty, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head; N. Amer. informal peckish, soreheaded; Austral. /NZ informal snaky; informal, dated miffy. ANTONYMS good-humoured.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tetchy

tetch y /tétʃi /形容詞 ｟英 くだけて やや古 ｠怒りっぽい, いらいらしやすい .t é tch i ly 副詞 t é tch i ness 名詞